Why Study the Pre-Nicene Christian Writings
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- Опубликовано: 19 июн 2024
- Why should today's Christians study the writings of the Christians from the Pre-Nicene period (AD 75-325)?
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Quotations from ancient writings might be paraphrased because many of them were translated in the 1800s. I have done my best to keep this to a bare minimum.
I am 59 years old and for the 1st time in nearly 40 years I am finally so overwhelmingly hungry to study what took place after the apostles went to heaven. Now I can finally discover exactly how living simply in my faith based on the truth really benefits my life and how it will allow me to share truth with the common man. I spent an entire generation deeply steeped in the Southern Baptist ways and the starch has slowly been washed out out of my mind and heart but not without great pain and suffering. Not only am I born again but my mind is being transformed and it feels wonderful to finally understand the truth of God's word the way it was originally intended. I will indeed continue to watch for all of your videos so God-bless you and keep up this good work for truth!
Wow! What a testimony! Do you know David Bercots Scroll Publishing? He also has a lot of good material on the faith of the Early Church. God bless you Brother!
@@timothy6828 I am not aware of this author. Please share links referring to his writtings.
I am a huge fan of truth and reality!
God bless you as well brother.
Press on to heaven!
Steven P. Williams
Gold Bar, WA
@@1963wheelerTouched by your testimony. I am from Southern India where the legend is that St Thomas the Apostle came here to evangelize the Jews who were already living here as a part of the diaspora. He established 7 churches here by converting the high class hindu Brahmin families etc etc. In the 7 & 8th centuries Syrian orthodox bishops came here and the church grew bigger . No gospel !only Syriac chanting and Mary worship . that was the Christianity here. I believe the Thomas legend is the gnostic Thomas who is supposed to have come to India. First time the christians here who were under the Syrian orthodox patriarchate heard the Gospel was when British missionaries came here and translated Bible into local language. There was a reformation after understanding the Gospel . The reformed faction is known as Mar thoma Church after the name st Thomas. Not long after a methodist missionary came Dr E. Stanley Jones. He spoke in our annual convention for 50 years continuously. He integrated hinduism into our church . The leaders have become hindus . Evangelism is suppressed. Church is become Ecumenical. A slow take over by the enemy. Thousands of people left . Wherever there is true Church satan sends his envoy and destroys it.
to learn church history is to cease to be protestant
John 3:13
Iam Indian
Searched the scriptures 32 years, God is perfect in all his ways, and with his word
Amen, Hebrews 11:1 'Faith the assured expectation of the things hoped for, the evident demonstration of realities not yet beheld '
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Isn't part of the point ☝️ that it was organized Religions that muddied the waters
Humans chose what books went in and what was left out
The writings of Pre Nicene era were truer to the actual evidence 🧾
To say This is God's Word? As if that's all He's had to say Or to whom!?
Religious fanatics is what caused the CHRISTIANS who kept the Dead Sea Scrolls to Fear that knowledge would be lost forever
India has Christians Yes But what about Ghandi? He's in Hell right!??
Some Justified God of Unconditional Love huh
0:00 - What is the Ante-Nicene period?
1:50 - 1st Reason - Primary source for determining NT Canon
3:12 - 2nd Reason - Closeness to the Apostles themselves
6:58 - 3rd Reason - More details & insights about the unchanged Apostolic traditions, instructions & teachings
(8:04 - Perspective on the reality of Ante-Nicene's proximity to Jesus & Apostles)
10:18 - 4th Reason - cultural proximity (temporal & geographical); yet confronted similar cultural/theological/doctrinal
issues as we face today
12:54 - 6th Reason - idiomatic advantage (knew same language & its nuances)
13:36 - 7th Reason - theological advantage (one united church, not profusely pluralist like contemporary world)
15:51 - Recap & Summary
Thank you!
Here on 31 May 2024 , 10 years after this video was first released on RUclips
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this answered many many questions I have had. Thank you Holy Spirit for leading me to this video at this appointed time. Thank you brother for this knowledge and wisdom. Priceless 🕊
Dear beloved author this topic has always been my life-anchor in my quest to know deeper the traditions handed down by the Apostles of of our Lord Jesus Christ. I thank God for you.
The "traditions" of Jesus and the Apostles are all in the bible--nowhere else.
Subbed! Why this doesn't have significantly more views is a strange mystery. Thank you for taking the time to educate us.
This is totally fascinating. How terrific that there are people like you to help enlighten people. We have been told what was decided upon by leaders after two thousand years. You get down to the origins... Thanks so very much!
Thanks for saying that. After discovering these things, I have learned the value in going to back to the earliest source possible. It is important (in every aspect of study and research) that we go back to primary sources. God bless!
I am having a medical treatment done and I usually listen to something uplifting spiritually. Today I was having a hard time so I asked the Holy Spirit (Thank You👆🏼) to show me something I’m missing in my own spiritual growth. This video instantly came up.
Thank you so much for sharing that. God bless you!!!
Currently felt the urge to study Church history. And there are a few I’ve watched on the topic. But this channel is such a gem 💎. Clear, concise and full of Historical literature, from pre-Nicea 325 A.D.
I wanted to study the first 3 centuries but could not find any, until now. Awesome work 🙏🏻✝️
Subscribed! and will be binge watching this channel vs. Netflix
Thank you for commenting. What an amazing compliment! I'm so thrilled that this material has blessed you. It has blessed me so much! ...which is why I wanted to share it. May God continue to bless you!
Yes, I will subscrive. And I agree with so many others, great idea, good commentary voice and no stupid background music. Keep up the good work!
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Thank you for this presentation it is enlightening and needed!
I am encouraged and excited about your site and the treasure of information that's being discussed.
this is best of all RUclips channels. Thank you so much for uploading these videos my dear brother in Christ.
I have been a happy reader of Ante Nicene Fathers Vol 1 for a couple of years now. To see how Clement, Polycarp, Mathetes, and others understood our Lord and Christianity as handed down is simply amazing. I am glad to have learned of this channel and expect I will learn much and gain much joy from what is presented here.
how about the scriptures. they all left Paul
What a great channel. I am going to enjoy watching ALL videos in conjunction with my reading of the early church fathers. God bless you, your wife and boys.
+MysticSkall Thank you so much!! Blessings and so forth!
Great video. I thank God for you and your work. Keep them coming!
What exactly I was looking for thank you Lord and thank you very much for your time brother, God bless.
I havent been excited about a channel in a long time. This is a great unexpected blessing. Many Thanks!
Same! Just discovered the Didache the other day. If you've never read it you should check it out
Not digging the day or 2 of fasting prerequisite for immersion mentioned in Didache
@@vindicatednews9169 Christ did say "when you fast" not "if you fast" and Paul spoke as if he assumed everyone he spoke with in the church had been baptized. The Didache does allow for pouring if need be and baptism is probably the easiest of all commands we were given so I can't imagine why people wouldn't do it.
The Didache isn't scripture, but it does show what very early Christians seemed to believe. Since I already felt the Bible was pretty strong on baptism I have no issue with seeing that it was considered essential. Jesus said "why do you call me Lord but do not do what I commanded?"
I get what you mean though. I've never fasted and the idea is hard for me because I eat a lot. But I'm taking that as a sign that I need to fast. I wish to be ruled only by Christ.
You typed more than you can chew. You should just provide a verse or 2 that states fasting is a prerequisite to be baptized. Instead you included verses that might condemn somebody who is weak in the faith. Try selling all that you have to truly be his deciple instead of practicing hypocrisy.
@@vindicatednews9169 actually I just misread what you said. I thought you said you weren't digging that we are supposed to fast or that we are to be baptized. My apologies.
Thank you. This is just what I have been trying to find out and study. These writers. So interesting. God bless!
This is amazing. Thanks. Looking forward to more.
Thankful for this channel
I am so glad l found this channel !Thank you so much !
Great idea for a channel! I hope it plants seeds to bring everyone back into the "universal church" you mentioned.
Wonderful! That's the first word that came to mind righg at the end of this video. Thanks! Keep up the good work.
Wow! You're awesome for making this! God Bless
Your very pretty. Js. God bless
Nov. 15, 2019. Well Done & On The Mark ! Best and/or One of the Best Presentations on Early Christianity done in under 20 minutes. Spirit Guided to encourage all who value this thought on keeping the Focus on Scriptural Truth and the Pure Intent of the Early Christian Fathers from the Pre-Nicene Era. Thank you and God Bless in the Name of Jesus Christ; Amen.
I'm so happy to find this site...
Great work and nicely said my friend in Christ!
As a Greek pastor , I say you are so right . Spot on
God bless you.
Very interesting. I really appreciate this content and will watch more of your videos!
Great video, I learned a lot. Thanks for posting man and God bless❤:)
What an interesting channel. How refreshing.. I subscribed.
Excellent channel....keep on , bro ..God bless you!
Love this channel!
May your channel travel far and wide.
Hopefully not
how you read early church fathers and not see they are Catholic is beyond me..
"Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church."
St Ignatius
Wow I can't believe I just found this channel. Not sure if anyone is aware of speaker Corner in London but we have a strong debaters there with a lot of knowledge especially about the early Church fathers... Your videos really helps with understanding what those debaters was referring too.
Really? I haven't heard any of them talk about the early Church Fathers.
I am glad i found your channel. I will listen and learn. Jesus is coming back for the AD33 church and what that looks like. I want to be like the AD33 church. I want to go to Heaven and be with Our God and our King Jesus.
It's silly to think Jesus is god , how does a son becomes the father silly right ??? I'm afraid as an African we've feed and programmed with lies... but thanks to Jews who are still alive today .. they know the truth ..
The truth reveals how horrible and crooked are catholics .. Roman empire.... how then will they know what inspired by God or not if they are so evil..
The fact they are evil hence the books are not in chronological order
I wonder what disciplines called themselves.. I'm sure not Christians..
Because Christianity is a weapon roman empire used to destroy Judaism.. it's evil right ..
It's proof they are evil...
Thanks for the video.
One quick point what's the hell were Italian doing in holy land
If you want to be part of the early church look into the Catholic Church. Take your time and study what it’s all about. There’s a reason it’s been around for so long, it’s also important to know who you listen to online and what their motives are. Take care and God Bless
If Jesus is a King, what is he a King of & why is he returning to the earth?
@@sevensweats7896- yes, study the history of the Catholic Church.
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Thank you
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Outstanding information
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Thank you for commenting and for your encouragement. God bless!!
Thanks. Youve cut my research time down considerably.
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I subscribed this is very interesting exactly useful for some questions i've been asking for some time now
If Catholic I guess
I see what some people say about stupid music in the background./ your work.
Great video. Well done sir. You have won a new subscriber.
Thanks for such an excellent and detailed report.🎉
A most excellent presentation!
Thank you brother
Shalom
Excellent introduction!
You got me interested on these writings. Thank you.
Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.
St Ignatius
Thank you. Clarity. I am learning so.much
This is amazing! Thank you so much for bringing this good stuff to us. I would agree that the books of the NT should already define every doctrine and practice we should follow, for example, the teachings of the eucharist, or how to be baptized. Everything is in there, even the issue of how to worship is there. I downloaded the early church fathers documents from your drive and currently reading and researching. God bless you!
Awesome! Check out Scroll Publishings videos on RUclips, they have some really good presentations about the faith of the Early Christians there. God bless you!
Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church.
St Ignatius
Those letters are considered forgeries
Please share your source please. Dont just claim that they are forgeries or what not without including your sources. Otherwise it becomes gossip.
@@christianuniversalist
Thank you- I look forward to the exploration, not having made time to do the reading myself- as I once supposed I would.
Thank you for this information.
Glad I subscribed to your channel Christian Apologist, I do lot of studying in God's word , Expressly when it comes to Primary source
Thank you for sharing :)
Excellent idea and well define purpose. bravo sir you have won me over. I am officially hooked on this stuff and am hungry for more! God bless you brother
Thanks for your work 🙏
FYI - This video contains inaccuracies
"Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church."
St Ignatius
Seems early church fathers were Catholic
Brother,
May God bless you richly in his kingdom (this covers the present and future) for bringing such knowledge at NO COST in order for believers to derive confidence in their faith and in the unbiased interpretation of Scripture. Please allow us to use your videos in our Bible studies and Sunday Schools.
Thank you for commenting. You are very welcome! Yes, you may use any of the material on this channel in other places. I only ask that you mention where the videos came from. For example, you can briefly mention, "These videos are by Post-Apostolic Church on RUclips." God bless you!
@@PostApostolicChurch Thank you. Yes, we give credit where credit is due. in fact, I send a link to all your videos too. May God richly bless you and your ministry
@Read Father Seraphim Rose I do read John Chrysostom and I appreciate his profound commentaries. He is in tune with Pre-Nicene beliefs. However, I do not subscribe to Post-Nicene "new" doctrines which the Pre-Nicene fathers were explicitly and adamantly against, e.g., icons, images and prayers with the dead or for the dead, veneration of theotokos, etc. Hence, I am very Ante-Nicene and primarily Wesleyan. But I do believe we have true brothers in these other denominations.
@Read Father Seraphim Rose Thank you Father Rose, I have the complete set by Philip Schaff of the ante-Nicene, Nicen and post-Nicen Fathers. I do get material from John Chrysostom. However, I aim to digest the ante-Nicene writings first before I get into the others. I know Wesleyans read the Cappadocian "fathers" but, like I said, pre-Nicene first. The more famous ante-Nicene bishops did quite clearly condemn images and icons for whatever reason. 2 Esdras 7 of the Clemetine Apocrypha seems to confirm Luke 16 where the rich man in Hades could not talk with Lazarus in paradise, neither can anyone living talk to departed believers.
@Read Father Seraphim Rose I agree with you mostly. However, it is more logical for me to think that post-Nicene teachings are the ones that contain distortions of the "original" ante- Nicene Apostolic teachings, not the other way around. I would put more weight on the generations close to the Apostles teaching rather than centuries after introducing the distortions of time. language and context to the interpretations and succeeding doctrinal "inventions"
Great study! God bless
As an Eastern Orthodox Christian, this is a pleasant historical telling of a portion of the Early Christians.
Glory to the Lord Almighty and blessed are His Saints, that Great Cloud of Witnesses. The Church Triumphant and the Church Militant are of One Family, the Children of God within the Body of Christ.
Glory Be To The Father, and to The Son, and to The Holy Spirit, Both Now and Ever and Unto The Ages of Ages, Amen +++
see those 10 commandments that you don't keep? better repent and leave your non compliant religion
You're a schismatic, Catholics in exile.
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Awesome work brother
Thank you!
So excited to have come across this at a time such as this! Thank you and I hope I will find the follow up videos. I really want to learn about the "traditions" Paul taught the early Church. Praise the Lord!
all I can say is WOW!!! its like my soul is craving this info...
I just found your channel, and I'm very excited to learn the scriptures more deeply from learning about what the early Christians understood.
I don't want to appear as though I am "majoring on minors", but I am a stickler for not asserting unproven claims as true (or untrue), just because they SOUND reasonable, or because "they are likely to be true". One example is when people state that none of the original writings by Paul, Peter, or any other New Testament writers exist today. That might be true, and it might not. We don't know, as there are literally thousands of extant manuscripts and partials. It would be more reasonable to state that "it is unlikely that any of the original writings remain". Although this particular claim doesn't have any risky applications, the principle itself is a good one to follow to keep one from making more risky errors.
Thanks again for this labor you've undertaken. It is a great blessing for those of us who want a greater understanding of God's word!
This video has many errors. Truth is not found here.
3-John 1:9-10 says that there were serious problems in the church at his time, which would be before 95ad.
=The important commandment is to love the Lord thy God with all your heart, soul and mind,
=This is explained in several verses..
=To Love God means to keep God's commandments.
=We know that all the 10 commandments are God's commandments.
=The 10 commandments includes the Literal Saturday Sabbath.
=Several times in the NT it says to keep the commandments of God.
=Several times verses in the NT and OT say God does not change, meaning he is consistent.
-=Any church that does not keep the Literal Saturday Sabbath is apostate.
any scholar who says that is a fool....I recommend the new book on St. Paul by Dr. brant pitre, Michael Barber, et al....
If you want to have an deeper understanding of the Bible. Read it with audience relevance.. do not insert yourself in the Bible.. the YOU isn’t YOU.. the THEY.. isn’t YOU.. The bi or is about ISRAELS redemptive story.. about there covenant that they had with GOD.. GOD loves ISRAEL only.. not the romans.. Egyptians.. no other nation.. God chose Israel.. and them alone.. the Gentiles in the NT. Are the divorced northern tribes.. And God promised to bring back.. Paul’s letters are to them..
= @@STW-News-Headlines = It sure looks like that... And any Gentile that wants to be in the covenant, has to become Jewish in nature, in keeping the commandments to Israel.
@@DocScience2 False, reread Paul
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This is very informative
Good work brother!!!
Just found your channel. I think were gunna be friends. Lol, in either words, I like what I see and hear.
Amazing!! Thank you.
Thx for all the effort you have done for us .GOD bless you 🤗
Absolutely brilliant!
Thank you for this video! I grew up in a Christian home and just now am feeling a strong interest to learn Church history and have been waiting for something on the pre-nicene Christians
So awesome! If you want some more resources on the Early Church, check out Scroll Publishing on RUclips!
Amazing. One year & Eight Months later. Listening again. Never tire from the Truth. God Bless. Amen.
Correction - 2 yrs. - 8 Mo.
except this video lies about the catholic church. The early church fathers were Catholic in practice
"Wherever the bishop shall appear, there let the multitude [of the people] also be; even as, wherever Jesus Christ is, there is the Catholic Church. "
St Ignatius
@@DUZCO10 Under 18 minutes - good summary. You must be referring to St. Ignatius of Loyola- 1530s - 1550s. Counter Reformation - Founder of the Jesuits.
There was another St. Ignatius of Antioch - 100. Known as Theophorous or "The God Bearer".
He, Clement of Rome & Polycarp - Disciples of John the Apostle. Ignatius Theophorous was martyred in Rome over his Letters on Early Christian Theology. I think the other two were martyred by the Roman Influence & Emperor.
Very educational. Thanks for sharing
PreNicene beliefs may have lead to the spread of Manichaeans across Europe and Middle East. The Manichaeans were more persecuted by the Romans, Persians, Chinese and even the Christians. Mani was a 3rd century preacher who started a new religion that combined different aspects of Judaism, Zoroastrianism (Good and evil gods), Christianity and Buddhism and it became more widespread than Christianity in the Roman Empire, Persia and China. The followers were harshly persecuted so they may have fled to Gaul during Holy Roman Empire and became cathars. They then formed the Knights Templar and joined the crusades in the 12th century…
This is very important. As I first, for five years ago or more, read the first letters from the pupils to the Sent Out (apostles), I was greatly impressed over how incredible the Faith was in the Assembly of Yeshua. The true Faith is important to learn, and it comes from the first letters of the first generation of Christians, and was followed by honest men.
Where did you read these and can you recommend a good book with all these writings?
An enlightened soul can add so much clarity via translation 👌
very good video! i have subscribed.
Well done! It’s a good introduction to the early Christian writings. I’ve just started a channel covering early Christianity as well - all are welcome.
What is your channel
I need to get my hands on this.
Jared Petersen You can get your eyes on it here. :)
www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/anf01.toc.html
This is a link to the table of contents in volume 1 (of 9). The easiest way to switch volumes is to change "01" to another number. Enjoy!
Post-Apostolic Church thanks. :)
Great information.
Thanks for publishing this series. It is valuable treasure that I just discovered today. God bless you and through many are blessed.
It would be awesome if you would do a video on what the Pre-Nicene Christian's believed on the 7th day Sabbath. Thanks and keep up the good work.
The fact that they edify Ignatious in the slightest simply exposes truth
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Blaise, thank you for commenting. I agree. Since making this channel, it is surprising how many Christians are teaching that observing the Sabbath is required. Perhaps making a video on what the early Christians believed about the Sabbath is more important than I originally thought. It still may be a while before that video is released, but it is certainly in the works... eventually. God bless!
Don't you think it is quite clear what the scripture teaches on that?
For example start by reading what the apostles said was the ONLY laws required by non Jews to follow.
Then look at the patterns laid down by Paul and the apostles in all the letters.
Then notice that in every occasion they gathered on the first day of the week to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus.
Also note how the book of Hebrews demonstrates that the Sabbath like many other old testament feasts were there to point us to Christ.
The Sabbath is something Jesus/Yeshua adhered to-traditionally passed down from the Beginning. A day of rest, and a day to reflect on the phenomenal works of our Creator, YHWH. I like that you see the first day of the week as Resurrection Day, and a celebration thereof.
I believe many Christians whose eyes are beginning to really open don’t want to celebrate “Sunday” as the day of dedication to and worship of our Father since Constantine was a pagan and Constantine gave early Christians one day to worship and he wanted the day they worshipped to be when they (the pagans) worshipped their sun god.
I can see how Christians don’t want to worship on Sun(god)day.
But when put in proper context, it would be better if we didn’t call it Sunday worship, but Resurrection Day worship.
I enjoy the part that you explain they dealt with the same problems as today. To me, it seems as though this new idea of "don't bring religion into this" leaves humans to think they have power to decide rationalize and fix these things themselves without guidance from the Bible. This idea is pushed into schools sure for religious freedom but ultimately to tell us to let those who are higher in authority decide for us rather than using our God given rationality to see what is right and wrong. I believe God is within us all, and the Holy Spirit makes it so that we can do kind things and continue to do right by others. There is a lot of political and business interest to gain when children are taught at a young age don't use the Bible for guidance. Those who own businesses rather its medical advice, therapy, drugs, people coping with alcoholism turning to their friends/peers for advice is all wrong. The truth is the Bible is here to guide us and help us solve all the same problems, but we have been brain washed to believe Religion and Beliefs are meant to be hushed and kept quiet... why because this only benefits the devil. You cannot do what God has intended for you to do when you're consumed with drugs, addicted to sex, pornography and ultimately its a waste of your time. We know time is very valuable and each person should use their time to do right by others and live by God's will. Using ones time to continue to sin doesn't progress any individual. Ultimately this causes insecurity within, self loathing which is what the devil wants so someone continues to believe they are stuck where they are or cant succeed and they become a selfish, materialistic person who is unable to do right by others. If we stopped worshipping the God's of this world, we'd have way more time to do right by others. Love and Light thats God and Christ I believe in the Holy Trinity God bless.
Thank you for commenting, Amanda. Your whole comment is beautiful. Regarding what is most important in life, you are spot on. Thank you for uplifting me today! God bless!
Thank you for this voice of unity, but please increase the sound level in this video, it is way too low.
very interesting, thanks
Excellent work!
Scroll Publishing, really! It would be most honest to warn the people that these letters have been tampered with. So many people have been deceived into believing these men were followers of Christ, when in reality, they were more Greek philosophers than anything else. Let's be honest!
How do you mix actual historical events with fictional characters? The Apostles never existed. Pre Nicean Christian? Do you mean African Egyptians? There are 0 provable historical facts that support what you're saying.
@Read Father Seraphim Rose
Is that why they quoted and said "that philosophy was a gift from God?" Even Eusebius wrote that Philo of Alexandria's teachings were elevated and special.
I can quote several of the fathers and their love for Greek philosophy.
Thanks for your labour.
After the 3rd subscribe plug... I just couldn't take it any more... Love the overall direction this is attempting to go, just can't with this guy's voice/disposition. Any other RUclipsrs recommendation?
I'll buy that collection and listen :)
Awesome!
I love to study these writings. Some are still being translated from Latin and Greek
Very valuable work, thank you, and you should know that God speaks to us through you.
Your Videos helped me with the many questions which I had.
God bless you.
Good job!
Well done. Looks like I'm late to the party here, but very good video.
@Matthew Aislabie If you say John refused to write then who are you quoting? And why are you saying John was the "beloved" of Christ? John is written in past tense.
@Matthew Aislabie I'm more confused as to how that's a response to what I said. lol
just learned about these writings... its shocking that these are mainly ignored by "Christian" pastors and teachers.
Me too
....it's why watching Ken Johnson 'Early Church Fathers' is interesting.
This is spin, there is no mention of the dozens of other gospels that existed in the pre-Nicene era.
You got me! I love learning.
E-sword (www.e-sword.net) comes with the ability to download some of these volumes in a reader as well. Can you give me some basic references to the volumes that mention the social issues you cite in your video (which I thoroughly enjoyed btw!) ? Thanks in advance.
Thanks for commenting and recommending E-Sword. I love E-Sword!
I have not yet compiled what the early Christians said about social issues yet. But the place where I start that process is by using this book. I HIGHLY recommend buying it!
www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Early-Christian-Beliefs-Reference/dp/1565633571
Here is a link to a lot of online resources, including the volumes of the Ante-Nicene Fathers (Pre-Nicene Church).
docs.google.com/document/d/12m6iuPdIFPpq0Bf89D1l8IH2kCObidmbTAKpQKTO_dM/edit?usp=sharing